Franklin County Library
Fiction Position last week and weeks on the list
1 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $27.95.) The third volume of a trilogy about a Swedish hacker and a journalist. Excerpt 2 8
2 FLY AWAY HOME, by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria, $26.99.) A senator’s extramarital affair affects his wife and daughters. 1
3 THE SEARCH, by Nora Roberts. (Putnam, $26.95.) The only survivor of a serial killer has found peace in the Pacific Northwest, but her life is shaken by the appearance of a new man and a copycat murderer. 1 2
4 THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi. 5 68
5 PRIVATE, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) The head of an investigation company pursues the murderer of his best friend’s wife. 3 3
6 THE GLASS RAINBOW, by James Lee Burke. (Simon & Schuster, $25.99.) A man with ties to an evil ex-convict and best-selling author is dating the Louisiana detective Dave Robicheaux’s daughter. 1
7 SIZZLING SIXTEEN, by Janet Evanovich. (St. Martin’s, $27.99.) The bounty hunter Stephanie Plum comes to the aid of a cousin with gambling debts. 4 4
8 FAITHFUL PLACE, by Tana French. (Viking, $25.95.) Twenty-two years after a Dublin woman stood up her intended groom, her abandoned suitcase is discovered. Excerpt 1
9 THE OVERTON WINDOW, by Glenn Beck. (Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts, $26.) A public relations executive and the woman he loves expose a dangerous conspiracy. 6 5
10 LIVE TO TELL, by Lisa Gardner. (Bantam, $26.) The investigation of a Boston family murder leads Detective D.D. Warren to a pediatric psychiatric ward. 1
11 THE PASSAGE, by Justin Cronin. (Ballantine, $27.) More than a hundred years in the future, a small group resists the vampires who have taken over North America. Excerpt 7 6
12 THE LION, by Nelson DeMille. (Grand Central, $27.99.) John Corey, now a federal agent, pursues a Libyan terrorist. 9 6
13 FOREIGN INFLUENCE, by Brad Thor. (Atria, $26.99.) The covert operative Scott Harvath joins a new spy agency and investigates a bombing in Rome that killed American students. 8 3
14 ICE COLD, by Tess Gerritsen. (Ballantine, $26.) A group of friends are murdered when they take refuge in a remote abandoned village in Wyoming. 12 3
15 THE ISLAND, by Elin Hilderbrand. (Reagan Arthur/Little, Brown, $25.99.) A woman, her daughters and her sister take refuge from life’s complications on a tiny island near Nantucket, but their time there is far from quiet. 10 2
Non-Fiction
1 THE OBAMA DIARIES, by Laura Ingraham. (Threshold Editions, $25.) A satirical fictional journal with commentary, by the conservative political commentator. 1
2 ---- MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern. (It Books/HarperCollins, $15.99.) A coming-of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author’s father. 1 11
3 MEDIUM RAW, by Anthony Bourdain. (Ecco/HarperCollins, $26.99.) Bourdain looks critically at changes in the food and restaurant cultures in the 10 years since the publication of “Kitchen Confidential.” 2 6
4 THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. (Norton, $27.95.) The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight. Excerpt 5 18
5 WAR, by Sebastian Junger. (Twelve, $26.99.) The intense lives of American soldiers in a lethal corner of Afghanistan, by the author of “The Perfect Storm.” 7 10
6 CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG, by Chelsea Handler. (Grand Central, $25.99.) More humorous personal essays from the comedian. 6 19
7 COMING BACK STRONGER, by Drew Brees with Chris Fabry. (Tyndale House, $26.99.) The N.F.L. quarterback recovered from an injury to play for the New Orleans Saints. 3 2
8 EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON, by S. C. Gwynne. (Scribner, $27.50.) The story of Quanah Parker, the last and greatest chief of the Comanches. Excerpt 8 4
9 SLIDING INTO HOME, by Kendra Wilkinson. (Gallery, $26.) The life of the reality TV star and former Playboy cover model. 4 2
10 IN A HEARTBEAT, by Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy with Sally Jenkins. (Holt, $24.) The couple featured in “The Blind Side” tell their story and promote the practice of “cheerful giving.” 1
11 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed, from the author of “Blink.” Excerpt 10 86
12 HOME TEAM, by Sean Payton and Ellis Henican. (NAL, $24.95.) The head coach of the New Orleans Saints describes the team’s Super Bowl victory, which raised the city’s spirits four years after Hurricane Katrina. 9 3
13* STEINBRENNER, by Bill Madden. (Harper/HarperCollins, $26.99.) A biography of the New York Yankees owner, who died last month. 5
14 SPOKEN FROM THE HEART, by Laura Bush. (Scribner, $30.) A memoir from the former first lady. 11 11
15 FIFTH AVENUE, 5 A.M., by Sam Wasson. (Harper/HarperCollins, $19.99.) The making of the movie “Breakfast at Tiffany’s" and its cultural influence. 13 2
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